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GJ-bu: another series with a senseless/weird club.

GJ-bu is an anime series adapted from a 4-koma
novel. I think that it's something similar to a 4-koma manga but having 4 pages
length instead of 4 panels. It piqued my interest when I read about it since
I've never heard of anything like it. Maybe I'm just personally curious at how
it will be done.Similar to other
4-koma series out there such asA-Channel and Acchi Kocchi, each episode of GJ-bu
is packed with random comedy skits which is mostly based on the characters.
This could be one of those pretty fun series with no specific direction in
mind, just a bunch of girls (and a boy) wasting time at some senseless club.

Being a harem
series, I'm really looking at GJ-bu as
one of those series with that one pairing at the end - Mao x Kyouya. I'm
visualizing it now and I'm betting that we'll have that by the end of the
series. ANYWAY, I'm not really looking forward to that since 4-koma series are
mostly about making fun at simple and senseless things.

SO let's talk about
the characters.

Shinomiya Kyouya (Shimono Hiro) was
forced to be a member of the GJ-bu and
is also the only male member of the club. As a typical guy of a harem series,
he's very nice and is in good terms with every member of the club. In most
cases, the other members of GJ-bu makes
fun of him.

Amatsuka Mao (Uchida Maaya) is
the chibi president of the club. But despite her small body, she's got a pretty
big attitude as well. Amatsuka Megumi (Miyamoto Yume) is
Mao's sister who seems like her opposite. Megumi seems to have a pleasant
character but at episode 2 (was it?), they said that they shouldn't make Megumi
mad :3 I wonder what that meant~ Then there's Sumeragi Shion (Mimori Suzuko)
who's both rich and smart. She's good at chess and is very curious at almost
everything that 'commoners' (got the term fromOuran. LOL) do oreat perhaps (ex. canned coffee, cup ramen). Finally there's Bernstein Kirara (Arakawa Chika) who
seems more mysterious than she looks. All she does is eat meat in the club room
and she only respects Kyouya.

The art is very cute
and simple. It isn't entirely similar to those two series mentioned earlier.
But if I'm going to make a character design comparison I guess it's fairly
similar to Baka to Test and A-Channel. Aside from the harem-style character designs, their
chibi counterparts looks good as well - I'm hoping to see this series get a
nendoroid :3

In an overall look
on GJ-bu, I'd say that it's a fun series
to watch. If you like 4-koma adapted series I'd say that this is a must to
watch. It's filled with lots of senseless yet fun things with typically good
characters and cute character designs.

I personally enjoy
watching GJ-bu when I want to relax my
mind from all the thinking :D